About Mary Pilon
Mary Pilon is the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists and The Kevin Show. She co-wrote and cohosted the audio series Twisted: The True Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down. She previously covered sports at The New York Times and business at The Wall Street Journal. She is a story producer on BS High, HBO’s documentary about the Bishop Sycamore High School football scandal, and is co-directing a documentary about pickleball for Peter Berg’s Film 45. Find more of her work at MaryPilon.com.
Articles written by Mary Pilon
Should I Join a Class Action?
You get a letter in your mailbox or an email about a class action claim. You're informed that a product you bought, a pharmaceutical you used, or a company you worked for is being sued as part of a class action lawsuit. A class action lawsuit combines the similar legal claims of a large number of people against the same defendant. The notification gives you a chance to remain in the class or exclude yourself. For most potential class members, their best option is to remain in the class. …
How Dads Get Custody in NYC
In the 1979 Academy Award-winning film Kramer vs. Kramer, a custody battle erupts between Ted and Joanna Kramer (Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep) over their son Billy. Because we’re following Ted’s story, and we’ve seen how much he loves his son, we tend to root for Ted in this battle. We agree with their neighbor, played by Jane Alexander, who tells Joanna from the stand, “You don’t know how hard he’s tried. They’re beautiful together, just beautiful.” But the court hasn’t …
The Challenges of the Legal Immigration Process
We’ve been talking about immigration seemingly forever, but generally of the illegal variety. So what about legal immigration — professionals coming to the U.S. to work and possibly live? Surely that’s going OK. Nope. “It comes as a big shock to a lot of companies and startups that it can be so difficult to come or stay here,” says Anastasia Tonello, with Ulmer & Berne in New York City. Silicon Valley leaders have lobbied for years to hire more highly skilled immigrants for …
Resolving Conflicts Out of the Courtroom
The legal system, author Henry Miller said, “is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.” So when an opportunity comes along to reduce that mystery and bafflement, many consumers and lawyers are eager to participate. Alternative dispute resolution is such an opportunity, letting parties resolve disputes outside the formal court process. What Is Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)? ADR is a catchall term that describes conflict resolution …
Captain America's Lawyer
After a troubled childhood in the Bronx, Ross J. Charap emerged to fight for truth, justice and intellectual propertyIn 1940, Joe Simon, a 20-something Jewish kid from Rochester, was riding on the upper deck of the Fifth Avenue bus, furious. He knew what was going on in Europe, hated Nazi Germany, wanted to deck Adolf Hitler. America wouldn’t even enter the war for another year, but Simon worked in the comic book industry; so he thought, why not create a character who could give Hitler a knuckle sandwich? “The sun was shining brightly, and I’m sitting there on the bus, and it’s going to be Sergeant …
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